The Journey So Far

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Detour to the Balkans
Well, not quite a “detour” in the strict sense of the word I suppose, since travel in the Balkans was in the “Europe” plan - it was, in fact, always to be the other half of the first leg of our Europe trip ( after Scandinavia ). Here I will back up just a bit,...
Sweden & Denmark
Oslo is barely a couple of hours from the Swedish border and like most others in the Schengen zone one crosses it almost without noticing. Stromstad - suddenly LOTS more RV’s around when we are looking for a place to park up at night. On the advice of our friend,...
Norway: To Oslo And Out
As much as we loved Norway we knew our time there was drawing to a close. With the Schengen visa restriction you simply can’t spend too much time in one European country or else you are left scrambling everywhere else. While Norway was definitely a major attraction...
Norway: The Fjords
Can’t “win ‘em all” as they say. Travel long enough and you’ll get rained on somewhere - the typically beautiful Lofoten’s were largely a washout for us, so due to the poor weather there we moved on quickly. The Lofoten ferry took us out through the short route,...
Norway – Turning South
Reaching Nordkapp was definitely a highlight, correction, probably thehighlight of our European trip so far, but that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of great stuff left to see in Norway. In fact, Nordkapp is really just the beginning of some of Norway‘s...
Norway – The Road To Nordkapp
Inari ( Finland ) is only a short hop across Hwy 92 to the Norwegian border at Karasjok. From there it was only a 4 hour drive to the very top of Europe - to some a mystical place, to the Sami people of this region a place of spiritual significance, and to many others...